Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
Starting pitchers
Lineups
- 1 Miguel Vargas 3B
- 2 Chase Meidroth 2B
- 3 Munetaka Murakami 1B
- 4 Lenyn Sosa DH
- 5 Edgar Quero C
- 6 Colson Montgomery SS
- 7 Tanner Murray LF
- 8 Luisangel Acuña CF
- 9 Derek Hill RF
- 1 Maikel Garcia 3B
- 2 Bobby Witt Jr. SS
- 3 Vinnie Pasquantino 1B
- 4 Salvador Perez DH
- 5 Carter Jensen C
- 6 Michael Massey 2B
- 7 Jac Caglianone RF
- 8 Isaac Collins LF
- 9 Kyle Isbel CF
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| KC | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Manager comparison
Both managers grade D- / C entering this matchup.
Recent form
Season series: 2-2 with CWS listed first across 4 prior meetings.
Tactical analysis
RunsLeft separates manager decisions from player execution from game variance. Each card below is the same three-number framework that drives the share cards on the SPA replay page.
- Manager lineup cost +0.08 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.87 vs actual lineup 4.80
- Player execution +1.20 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.80 projection by 1.20 (scored 6)
- Game variance +1.13 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Vargas 0-for-4 batting 1st
- Manager lineup cost −0.06 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.09 vs actual lineup 3.14
- Player execution +1.86 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.14 projection by 1.86 (scored 5)
- Game variance +1.91 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Garcia 0-for-4 batting 1st
Optimal lineups projected 4.9 – 3.1 — actual was 6 – 5.
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How RunsLeft analyzes games
Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. Tactical analysis comes from a per-game Monte Carlo: 10,000 simulated games against the opposing starter's ERA, both for the actual lineup the manager wrote and for the optimal arrangement of those nine players. The three numbers — manager cost, player execution, game variance — separate which part of the result was the lineup, the players, or the dice.